Halter



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M. N. SMITH.

HALTER.

No. 352,371. Patented Nov. 9, 1886.

' PATENT QFFIGEQ MARION N. SMITH, OF TROY, PENNSYLVANIA.

HALTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,371, dated November 9, 1886.

Application filed September 2,1886. Serial No. 212,492. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IVIARION N. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, in the county of Bradford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Halters;'and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theartto which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a halter having my improvements applied to it. Fig. 2 is a face view of one of the ear-buckles. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the buckle used on the opposite side of the horses head. Fig. 4. is a face view of one of the nosestrap buckles.

My invention relates to improvements in halters; and my objects are, mainly, to make a halter adjustable, so that it can be readily adapted to any-sized head of a horse or colt; also, to employ only one strap in connection with the throat-piece Without sewing the straps; and, also,to so improve allof the buckles that they present flat surfaces to the head of a horse, and thus do not injure the animal, as will appear from the following description and claims, when taken in connection with the anneXed drawings.

A designates the nosestrap, B the chinstrap, 0 the throat-strap, and Dthe face and headstrap.

It will be seen from the following description that I employ different letters of reference to designate the different parts of the single strap.

The strap A is attached to the buckle-bar of the buckle. Gby passing it through the loop of this buckle and fastening the end upon the strap itself. This strap is then carried forward and backward and passed through the diagonal loop beneath the buckle G, thence upward through the loop 9 of cross bar g, thence upward to form the cheek-strap D on one side of the head, through the loops ff, formed by bars ff of the buckle F, over the head of the animal, and back on the opposite side through the loop 6 of the buckle E, to which the same strap is attached by the tongue e of said buckle.-

The posterior part of the nose-strap A is attached at a to the buckle G, forming an eye with an intervening attachment. One end of this part of the strap is suitably secured to the bar of a shield-buckle, J. The opposite part of the strap is carried backward to form the posterior loop, which passes about the chin of the animal. It is thence carried forward, so as to double itself, and attached to the tongue of the buckle J.

On the left-hand side of the halter the cheekpiece D passes through the loop 6*, around the part 6 backward over the free end of the headstrap, thence through the loop 6 backward behind the ears of the animal, and again forward through the eyes f f of the buckle F, and is attached to this buckle by a tongue, f projecting perpendicularly from a face-plate, f.

, B designates a chin-strap, above referred to, which is doubled upon itself and forms aloop, 12, through which the strap 0 is freely passed. This strap is suitably secured to the tang I of a halter ring, I, through which ring the doubled posterior part of the nose-strap A passes, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. It will thus be observed that the strap 0 is continuous with the strap D,and A in part; also, that the back part or doubled portion of the strap A constitutes one piece of itself.

The buckle represented by Fig. 2, and lettered E, consists of the round-barred rectangular buckle proper, e, the tongue 0, and the thin metal extension having three slots or passages, 8 5 e e 6*, and an angular part, 6

The buckle represented by Fig. 3 consists of rectangular bars inclosing two slots, f f, and p two slots, f ffi at right angles thereto, with a depressed shield, f, having a central stud, f protruding therefrom exteriorly'.

The buckle G, two of which I use in my halter, and represented by Fig. 4., consists of two rectangular bars, g two oblong slots, 9 g, a rectangular space, 9 and an oblique loop or slot, 9'.

Having described my invention, I claim-- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a halter consisting of the single strap forming the cheek, the head, and the throat portions, and the forward part ofthe nose portion, the roundbarred rectangular buckle having the diagonal slots e e, and arranged at the joints of the cheek and throat straps, the buckle E, having the four marginal rectangular slots and arranged the flat extension provided with the angular opposite to the said buckle, the buckles G G, aperture e oblique slots 0 e, and the rectanhaving the two straight slots arranged at right gle e substantially as described.

angles to each other, and the oblique slot Initestiinony whereof I aflix my signature 5 connecting the front and rear sections of the in presence of two witnesses.

nose-strap, and the chin-strap connecting the throat-strap with the rear portion of the nose- MARION T strap, substantially as specified. Witnesses:

2. Forthehalterherein described,thebuckle D. Y. DICKINSON,

10 E, having the parts 6 e, in combination with JAMES MURRAY. 

